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# YOUR MORNING COFFEE: TikTok battles back • AI gives Randy Travis a voice • ‘Genre isn’t dead’ • More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/your-morning-coffee-tiktok-battles-back-ai-gives-randy-travis-a-voice-genre-isnt-dead-more/
- Published: 2024-05-13T13:24:48.000Z
- Updated: 2024-05-13T13:26:49.000Z
- Description: Episode 196 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business podcast is available now…..
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Podcasts, DIY musicians, music, music industry, Music Tech, musician, musicians, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

Episode 196 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business podcast is available now.

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### Episode 196

### **Listen on your favorite [podcast platform](https://bio.to/UloQY6?ref=hypebot.com).**

On this week’s YMC, hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories:

- “TikTok Sues U.S. Government, Saying Ban Violates 1st Amendment” (LA Times)
- “Randy Travis’ Shocks Music Industry With AI Pairing For ‘Where That Came From’ – How The Song Came Together” (The Tennessean)
- “GENRE ISN’T DEAD, IT JUST SMELLS FUNNY: Rethinking Musical Genre For The Streaming Era” (Pop Matters).

Plus an audio drop with Ryan Blakeley from Pop Matters!

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